Stake windlass



July 29. 1924. 1,502,965

L. J. SEYLER STAKE WINDLASS Fild Aug. 29, 1923 v ll 12 @y Patented duly29, 1924.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LESTER JOHN snYLnR,V or PORT ARTHUR., ONTARIO, CANADA.

STARE WINDLAss.

' Application filed August 29, 1923. Serial No. 660,015.

Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Stake Windlasses, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in stake windlasses, and theobject of the invention is to provide a device of this character forpulling automobiles out of a ditch or other place where traction is notsufficient to move the car.

Further objects are the provision of a device of this kind that can becarried on a car and which will quickly be available for use whenrequired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsessentially in the device. an embodiment of which is described in thepresent specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings whichform part of the same.

Referring to the drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each figure:

`Figure 1 is a perspective view of anembodiment of my invention set up.

Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section showing the deviceembedded in the ground.

In the drawings, A indicates the device as a whole comprising a hollowmetal stake 10 formed with a. solid end portion 11 and a pointedextremity 12. This hollow metal iember is preferably of cylindricalformation, similar to a pipe, with a pointed end and flat at the upperend at 13 to engage with a suitable ring washer 14.

Tnto this pipe is fitted a drum post member 15 adapted to form a drumand to rotate within the hollow receiving member 10. The post or drummember 15 is provided adjacent the top with a hole 16 therethroughadapted to receive a turning rod 17.'

18`is a retaining stake adapted to be driven into the ground adjacentthe hollow member 1,0 and connected in any suitable manner, preferablyas here shown, by means of a chain 19 with a loose eye ring 20 on thedrum post 15 adjacent the top and prevented from moving downwardly bymeans of a suitable pin 21. The chain and retaining stake are adapted toreinforce `the drum member which is designed to rotate withinthereta-ining ring.

22 is a cable preferably of steel, the loose end of which is secured ina hole 23 in the drum posty 15 and the other end of which is attached toa car or otherwise (not shown). The rod 17 is then operated to rotatethe drum post 15 to wind up the cable and thus exert a pull on the caror other object to which the cable is attached.

As' many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within thescope of the claim, constructed without departing from the spirit orscope thereof, it is intended thatall matter contained in theaccompanying specication and drawings shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

That I claim as my invention is:

A device of the character described comprising a hollow anchoring stakepointed at one end and Open at the other and adapted to be sunk in theground, a flat top for the open end adapted to engage with a washer, asolid post adapted to fit into and rotate in saidV stake to form adetachable winding drum, means in the solid post for securing a cablethereto, a ring member loosely mounted onthe solid post, a stop membercarried by the post to limit the downward travel of said ring, and aretaining chain connecting the ring with a retaining post, an orifice inthe solid post adjacent the top between the top and said ring, and ahandle adapted to fit into said orifice whereby the solid post isrotated to wind thereon accable. In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in the presence of two witnesses. LESTER JOHN SEYLER. Witnesses:

KATHELEEN HARRIS,

R. L. SEAMAN.

